Non Clinical Temporary Staff

Summary:

This is a closed framework, let under the Procurement Act 2023, allows public and third sector organisations to hire non-clinical workers through a range of engagement types including permanent and fixed-term recruitment, temporary positions and contractors.

Description:

This commercial agreement will last for 4 years and is part of the NHS Workforce Alliance. It is available to all public sector bodies including:

  • NHS contracting authorities
  • central government
  • local government
  • universities
  • charities
  • blue light (emergency) services

Hire a range of quality candidates through a variety of engagement models on a regional and national basis across the UK. Roles include, but are not limited to:

  • administration and secretarial roles
  • finance, accounts and audit roles
  • IT technicians, analysts and technical engineer specialist, digital workers
  • legal secretaries, paralegals and lawyers
  • environmental and scientific roles, for example: EA and senior assistant scientists, technical and clinical coders including health records secretaries
  • caterers, drivers and security
  • estates and maintenance roles including general labour and specialist labour such as, electricians and surveyor

Engagement models refer to the way in which you contract or hire workers and can include:

  • traditional agency hires
  • permanent recruitment
  • fixed term positions
  • independent contractors

You have the option to hire the roles you need directly from a supplier as and when you need to or you can set up a managed service. If you set up a managed service (MS) the MS provider will manage all of your workforce needs by either filling roles directly or through their supply chain.

You can also arrange for suppliers to manage projects on your behalf, and take responsibility for providing your desired outcomes through output based delivery.

This agreement will replace RM6277 Non Clinical Staffing.

Benefits:

  • wide range of experienced suppliers including SME’s, specialist niche suppliers and managed solution options
  • maximum agreement rates are fixed and are also limited in line with the NHS England agency price caps
  • achieve larger savings using the built in discounts (you can access discounts for length of placement, by nominating a worker, or by hiring large volumes of workers at the same time)
  • transparent rates and costs for both PAYE and limited company temporary workers, including fixed term appointments
  • we carry out quality assurance audits to make sure worker pre employment checks for NHS roles follow the NHS Employers Check Standards and Skills for Health
  • non NHS contracting authorities can specify what pre-employment checks they need: for example, Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)
  • award without competition is available and supported by the NHS Workforce Alliance to enable quick access to workers when needed
  • access a range of tools to help you select suppliers including rate card, award support tool and region/skills matrix
  • free to use: you don’t need a membership and framework fees are collected from suppliers

Product types:

Provide a description of what is in each lot (this lot is for xxx), please remember that not every detail of what the lot does needs to be in title.

  • Lot 1: Admin & Clerical
  • Lot 2: Corporate
  • Lot 3: IT
  • Lot 4 Legal
  • Lot 5: Clinical Coding & Technical
  • Lot 6: Estates & Facilities
  • Lot 7: Provision of a Managed Service

Customer engagement

Customer Engagement will commence from May 2025

Engagement sessions will be a mix of surveys, webinars and 1-2-1 discussions.

We will publish further information here as it becomes available.

Supplier engagement

Supplier Engagement will commence from May 2025.

Engagement sessions will be a mix of surveys, webinars and 1-2-1 discussions.

We will publish further information here as it becomes available.

Important links

Planned procurement notice Not available yet
Contract Notice in Find a Tender (FTS) Not available yet
Tender documents Not available yet

Timeline

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This should be in the following table format:

Activity Estimated dates
Pre-market engagement May 2025 to March 2026
Drafting of procurement documentation April 2026 to June 2026
Publication of find a tender (FTS) notice June 2026
Framework Award February 2027